On Jul 29, 2012, at 3:57 PM, Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Probably a mistake but they liked the sound of it enough to leave it in. > So you have all these "music pundits" trying to figure out what may well > have been a mistake. Gee, haven't they even made such a mistake and > though "gee that actually sounds cool"? I've certainly done that and in > fact some of the jazzier tunes I have on YouTube have those in them and > I haven't a clue what I did when I played them but they weren't the > intended chord. Some jazz pianists will tell you they "just put their > hands down" and whatever happens happens. Their hands unlike amateurs > still have some intelligence to avoid things that sound like clinkers. It was planned. According to George Martin, "We knew it would open both the film and the soundtrack LP, so we wanted a particularly strong and effective beginning. The strident guitar chord was the perfect launch,"[10]
